#IStandWithSurvivors Violence against women is an issue of pandemic proportions, affecting women and children globally. It is estimated that around 3 million women across the UK experience rape, domestic violence, forced marriage, stalking, sexual exploitation, trafficking and other forms of violence every year. This is equivalent to the population of Wales. The covid-19 pandemic has …
Why are healthy relationships important? We are inherently social beings. Across the course of our lifetime, we form a multitude of relationships, be those familial, platonic, romantic, or sexual. However, the process of forming healthy relationships is a subject that many of us have received little to no formal education on. This is reflected in …
Safe As, Cardiff Women’s Aid Children and Young People’s Team, will be taking part in a landmark research study focusing on specific interventions for children who have experienced domestic violence and abuse (DVA). The study is led by Dr. Emma Howarth, a psychologist and senior lecturer at the University of East London. It aims to …
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How COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the lives of women in the UK The UK nationwide lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented changes to everyday life. Gradually research is emerging on the gendered experiences of the pandemic, and the ways in which COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the lives of women across the …
